Connecticut western news., 1887-08-31
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Facts and Gossip About Profession
 als-The l.. and A. Record.

LEAoUE.-Including the games played Aug. 25, the Detroits have won 55, lost 35; Chicago won 51, lost 36; Philadelphia has won 52, lost 40; New York has won 51, lost 40; Boston has won 4S, lost 40; Pittsburgh has won 37, lost 50; Washington has won 35, lost 51, and Indiana polls won 2e, lost 6S. AssocnrIoN.--St. Louis has won B, lost 26; Cincinnati has won 5s. lost 45; Louisville has won 56. lost A; Balti- more has won B, lost 45; Brooklyn has won 49, lost 50; Athletic has won AS, lost 5l; Metropol- itans have won S4, lost 63, and Cleveland has won 9, lost 73.
 Connor is a power in the New York nme. To him alone is due the credit for at least one of the New York victories. In the first game he made the first run on his own two-baser. In the second game he scored on base on balls, and again scored after brilliant thre,- baser In the last game he sent in two runs and scored hinlself.-Bos,on Herald.
 The Baltimore Club did good thing in lay ing off Davis. Sommer is doing much better than Davis did.
 Buffalo has signed the greatest bluff in the pitching line in this or any other season. Knowlton, late of Newark, Detroit and Kansas City.
 A movement is on foot in the event of Cris von der Ahe preventing President Wickoff's reelection, to elect manager James A. Will Hams, of the Cleveland Club to the office. Williams the best Secretary the Associa- tion ever had. He would not be ayerse to the
 
 probably be his own successor. The citizens of Birmingham caused the ar rest of all the members of the Birmingham and Charleston teams for playing ball on | Sunday.
 Three fine players Richardson of Detroit. Richardson of New York, and "Georgie" Richardson of the Beacons of Boston. They are all ornaments of the national game and perfect gentlemen.
 Gan, Cram now a To- unpire Jack Carroll, Cleveland's new right-helder, gets long hit back to the plate quicker than any man in the American Association and IS a | wonderful base runner. He slides on his back | and is very handy. His club mates call him .'Scrappy." McKean is also developing into q wonderfully fast base runner, and Manage | Williams declares he c n beat any one ln the Association in getting to first base. Ed Burch late of the Brooklyns, has signed with the St. Paul club.
 | Gerhardt is playing in hard luck just now, | but he will get agoing again before long. There will be some fun when tho Western clubs get East from the looks of things. The number of balls pitched in game has | been subject of study to Prof. Martin of last Tuesdays game Ramsey had total of 135 balls an average of 15 in each inning. Null lane pitched Al balls, or an average of l73s each inning, the Louisvilles only going to bat Ill eight innings. Ills average TOT eacn man who went to the bat was 1-35 balls. ] while Ramsey's average was 15-16. The work | done by both pitchers was remarkable, how ever, as only one man was given his base on balls-that by Hecker. In an average game the number of balls pitched is over 200. Cincinnati was the first club to play 100 | championship games this season. The great Ramsey, of Louisville, and the great Kilroy, of Baltimore, are both laid uI | hv ipiurieS received in Sundays game The Boston Club managers have offered the large sum of S5, GOO to it's players if they win tho championship. The New York Club man. agers have made no such offcr. Still, if the | New Works win the championship they will | get four or five times that amount. Hogan, the Metropolitan's phenomenal, is | not batting very hard